The custom of calling post-season collegiate contests "bowl" games stems from the granddaddy of them all, the Rose Bowl, so-called for the eponymous bowl-shaped stadium. But our first association with the word "bowl" of course is as a container, most often for food, keys, change, or cereal milk and cigarette ashes and mascara tears. Many bowl games have embraced this association; in the defunct category alone, there was a Glass Bowl, a Cherry Bowl, a Pecan Bowl, a Pineapple Bowl, an Oyster Bowl, a Wheat Bowl, a Raisin Bowl and, most endearingly, a Salad Bowl.

Hereforth are the current bowl games, ranked in descending order from most to least appealing to imagine as an actual bowl, whether in contents or material. For simplicity, title sponsors are omitted unless their name is inextricably the bowl's title. Note: This post is most suitable for 7-year-olds to read aloud, and then maybe to illustrate.